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Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan royals both the team are great. Rajasthan royals are the winner of the first IPL tournament, whereas Mumbai Indians have the potential but Unluckily they were unable to reach semis of final in the previous two seasons of IPL. However I am supporting Mumbai Indians and I hope they will surely win the IPL 2010 this time. Good luck to the Mumbai Indias fore the opening match and for whole IPL series.

IPL (Indian Premier League) 2010 fitst match is to be played between Deccan Chargers and Kolkatta Knight Riders. Like previous two IPL seasons this one will also be a great extravagganza of cricket. Deccan Chargers are the winners of the last year IPL twenty twenty trophy and they lok forward to retain the trophy this time also. On the other hand Kolkata Knight Riedrs don't have a very good season last year ans they saw an early exit to the tournament. Now lets see if they will be able to turn the fortuen this time. You can watch the live socre of IPL twenty twenty at http://icccricket.blogspot.com/ , This year we will also be publishing live view on our blog for the tournament. So keep update for the event.

India has got to a excellen star and they way Sachin and Karthik are batting Indai is going to post a huge total here. With 20 overs more to be left to bowl, India will easilt get past 300 runs mark ans 9 wickets are still in Hand. Tendualkar has added one more century to his stats and this one is century number 93 overall (tests and ODIs) and his fourht against South Africa. Below are the few wallpapers and pictures:

Though India manage to win the first one day international but it was not an comprehensive win, Indian gave a poor show both in batting and bowling. However as predicted by winning the first match India have secures the chances to win the series as well. Good luck to both the teams for secone one day internation. To the reader I am also shareing a good news that keep updated on twenty twenty fever with IPL starting on March 12.

India vs South Africa first one day match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. This will be the first mathc of the three one day match series and the first match will also decide the winner of the series. South Africa will not be satisfied with 1-1 drwa in tet series and will be looking forwars to win the one day series. This will also boost there chances and preparation for world cup 2011.

On the other hand despite being number one team in tests India has been inconsistent in shorter format of the game. South Africa will miss their captain Graeme Smith due to a finger fracture and veteran Jacques Kallis will lead the side. But wicketkeeper Mark Boucher is set for a return after sitting out of the Kolkata Test with a back spasm. India also play without top players like Yuvraj, gautam Gambhir ,Harbjahan nad Zaheer Khan

IPL season three will begin on March 12 and before that IPL will made public the name of two more new IPL franchises. There are 8 contender for IPL teams i.e.: Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Kanpur, Dharamsala, Indore, Cuttack, Gwalior, Visakapatnam , Rajkot, Pune, Vadodara and Kochi.

From the above Rajkot, Pune, Vadodara and Kochi don't have stadiums currently. Rest all have stadiums and are hosting IPL mathces also. The base price of bidding for franchise is kept US$225 million.

ICC is not happy with the facilites of the famous Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Stadium is one of the venue for World Cup 2011 matches. The ICC pitch consultant Andy Atkinson has recommended couple of changes that need to be taken before world cup starts.

"Grass appeared lacking in nutrients and unanticipated amount of weeds present. It is noticeable that the playing surface needs renovation and repair to bring it up to the required condition. Overall, the condition of playing surface is disappointing." This is the few lines of noitce send to the Karnatak cricket borad.

Reportedly Ranji Trophy quarter-final and final were also played at some other destination dure to poor outfield here.

Well it seemes like rain will help South Africa draw this game however play has started again with South Africa trailing by 232 runs and has 7 wickets in hand. India will need just another 2 wickets to get hold of the match and retain the number one position in ICC test rankings.

Latest news is that only one over was bowled and game has stopped again due to bad light.

Well Indian bowlers did the task well by restricint South Afrcia to a score of 296. South africa last wicket fell early on day two and its now upto Indian batsmen to put great batting performance. India have got to a quick start but also lost two early wickets. Gautam gambhit got run out and Murali vijay wan't able to touch even two figures score. However as Sachin nand Virendar Sehwag are on the crease, India's hope of touching 300 runs today are alive. Let see how both sachin and Sehwag build the innings from here on. If Sachin score a century today, it will be his fourth one in a row.

the fourth ODI between Australia and West Indies saw Ricky Ponting scoring a 106 runs knock. This century knocks has lots ok crickets records assocated with it and here are the ICC Cricket Stats:

RT Ponting' s 106 in this game provide the 1048th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in the history of one day games.

RT Ponting' s 106 in this game provide the 152nd occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a hundred in one day games.

RT Ponting' s 106 in this game provide the 16th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a hundred in one day games against West Indies.

RT Ponting' s 106 in this game provide the 78th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in one day games against West Indies.

RT Ponting' s 106 in this game provide the second occasion of his scoring a hundred in one day games against West Indies. The other occasion was at Jaipur on 04.03.96 when he had scored 102.

Thus RT Ponting' s 106 in this game represent his highest individual score against West Indies.

RT Ponting became the fourth Australian batsman to score two or more one day hundreds against West Indies. Others are - ME Waugh (03), DS Lehmann (02) and GR Marsh (02)

RT Ponting with his 106 in this game became the third Australian captain to score a hundred against West Indies. The other two captains are - AR Border (127* at Sydney on 06.02.85) and MEK Hussey (109* at Kuala Lumpur on 18.02.06).

RT Ponting' 106 in this game represents his highest individual score as captain against West Indies. The previous best was 79 at Johannesburg on 26.09.09.

RT Ponitng' s 106 in this game represent the 29th one day hundred of his career. SR Tendulkar (45) has scored more hundreds than RT Ponting.

RT Ponitng' s 106 in this game represent the 21st one day hundred as captain. He holds the record for most hundreds by a captain in one day games.

RT Ponting' s 106 in this game represent the 20th one day hundred in winning games as captain. He earned the distinction of becoming the first captain to score 20 hundreds in winning games.

RT Ponting became the first captain to aggregate 6500 runs as captain in winning matches. He reached the milestone when he was on when he was on 33 during the course of his knock of 106 in this game. At the end of the game, his run aggregate stood at 6573.RT Ponting and CL White added 131 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 288th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. Only India with 291 three figure partnership is ahead of Australia in terms of three figure partnerships.

Yea the question of the moment is will Sachin and Dhoni save the test match for India? Well Sachin is looking in goo dtouch and is on the verge of another test match hundred and Dhoni also have played 50 balls till now and must be having good idea of the pitch now. however the task is not so simple India is trailing by 160 runs with 6 wickets remaining. To draw this match India need to make sure they batt till minimum two sessions of the day fifth, even if they bat till lunch or poost lunch they will also need to have a lead worth enough to drwa the test match. All hopes are on both these batsmen now. one wichet here and India will loose this test match

London, Feb 8 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals, the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Monday joined forces with Hampshire, Cape Cobras, Trinidad and a yet-to-be-confirmed Australia state team for a global alliance here at Lord's.

Hampshire will now play as the Hampshire Royals in the Twenty20 Cup next season with Cape Cobras and Trinidad also set to agree to the Royals branding.

The partnership is called Royals2020 and will be a dynamic partnership of leading cricket clubs around the world, with the aim of creating the 'World's First Global Sporting Franchise'.

Shane Warne, captain and head coach of Rajasthan Royals said: 'I am delighted to be a part of this new innovation, and I am excited by what we can achieve, given what we have already achieved. Yet again, the Royals are leading the way. It is bonus that clubs with which I have such deep affection are so involved.'

The Royals2020 mission is to grow the fan base; grow the commercial platform for all; provide high class entertainment for the young and families in great grounds; provide opportunities for players to develop their talents; and to entertain fans around the world through great events.

Manoj Badale, Chairman, and co-founder of the Rajasthan Royals and Royals2020 said: 'This is a major innovation in World Sport, and it represents a great opportunity for the clubs, but also an opportunity for fans and sponsors to be part of something totally unique and exciting. The response that we have had from fans overseas over the past two seasons has convinced us to expand our ambition.'

Sean Morris, Chief Executive Officer of Rajasthan Royals, said that this association will help Royals to be part of a global brand and is a unique one across all sports.

Rod Bransgrove, Chairman of Hampshire said: 'We consider the Rose Bowl to be the home of Twenty20 cricket in the UK, and this is a fabulous opportunity to extend the international reach of the game for us.'

With minimum 180 overs more or two days of cricket still left to play, India will be struggling to save this test. With Tendulkar and Murali Vijay batting good at the end of the day three play, it will deepnd on how both of these will tackle the south African pace attack on day four. If they are able to amange a 150+ runs partenrship, then India will surely save this match from loosing. Some of the wallpapers from the days play

India is on the way to loose its number one position and also and first test being played between India and South Africa. Follwing on and also trailing by more than 350 runs India still has to get some extra batting efforts and very god innings as they against Austraila. But unfortunately both batsmen that saved that match for India (Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman) are not in the team due to injuries.

Chances of such innings are very rares, given India has already lost 2 wickets and all hopes are now on Sachin Tendulkar and other new batsmen to build long partnership. Let see what happens, India will have to work very hards to save this test match India needs to bat 2 full days to save the test and so far they look unable to bat a single day.

3 Indian top order batsmen are back ot the pavilion. Sehwag and S Badrinath are at the crease currently, with Sehwag playing on 50 nad S Badrinath on 9. Hopefully India will manager to bat till tomorrow morning first session and save this test. Remember this series win is must for both team s for Idnia to retain the number one test team position and for South Africa to achieve the number one position.

South Africa won the toss and selected to bat first. Current score is South Africa 97/2 in 33.4 overs. Zaheer Khan got the initial break ups and picked up two wickets in the opening spell. For spineers pitch is making the ball turn and hope this will help India to restrict South africa somewhere beteween 300 to 370. India's battin line looks little weak with absence of Dravi and Laxman, lets see how other batsmen make use of this.

Good luck India maintain the number one positions in the test rankings.